Just about every time I go out of town or put my husband in charge of making dinner, he makes Italian sausage sandwiches. First thing he does is ask Anthony (my oldest son) "Hey, you want me to make sausage sandwiches"? Andy knows Anthony is a big fan of these messy delights and would eat them everyday, so obviously he'll have no objection from him, and trust me... they are really good!

I like to tease him about it because although Andy knows how to cook (he also makes a killer breakfast), this is his "go to" recipe, and thankfully he has shared it with us.

I recommend adding these sandwiches to your Super Bowl Sunday menu. Not only are they easy to make but you can prepare all the ingredients in advance. Just store the cooked sausages and onion/ pepper mixture in a large baking dish, cover and place in the oven at 150 degrees until ready to use.

I warn you, these babies are messy so grab some extra napkins and dig in. Enjoy!

Italian Sausage Sandwiches

6 Italian sausages (hot or mild)

1 16oz. bottle of beer (the darker the better)

3 tablespoons olive oil

1 large yellow or white onion, sliced thin

2 bell peppers (any color) stem/seeds removed and sliced thin

1 tablespoon kosher salt

1 small tomato, diced

3 cloves garlic, cracked and sliced thin

1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

6 demi baguettes or hoagie rolls, split and slightly hollowed

12 thin slices of Provolone cheese

Add sausages to a large saucepan, cover with beer and bring to a boil.

Reduce heat to low and simmer 10-15 minutes, until firm.

In a second large saucepan, heat olive oil over medium high heat, then add onions, peppers and salt; sauté for 8-10 minutes.

Add tomato, garlic and pepper stir well and cook for two minutes. Turn off heat and cover until ready to use.

You have two options on finishing the sausages: you can drain the sausages, return the pan to stove, increase heat to medium high, drizzle with olive oil and cook until browned and casings are crispy. Or you can remove sausages from beer and place on a hot grill pan or BBQ grill and grill until browned.

To assemble sandwiches; Lay two slices of cheese inside of bread, add about one tablespoon onions and peppers add sausage then top with more onions and peppers.

Makes six sandwiches.